jan 1, 1840 - The Wakefield scheme - an urban and rural colonisation scheme with small and scattered pioneering bush clearing forming in a very difficult hilly district. There were mainly limiting factors such as lack of space and few economic opportunities with only a few settlers.

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The Wakefield scheme - an urban and rural colonisation scheme with small and scattered pioneering bush clearing forming in a very difficult hilly district. There were mainly limiting factors such as lack of space and few economic opportunities with only a few settlers.